BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA

Common Ground
February 26, 2022 @ 7PM – Hibernian Hall
February 27, 2022 @ 5PM – Bethel AME Sanctuary

Common Ground

Boston Landmarks Orchestra | Christopher Wilkins, Music Director

Christopher Wilkins, Conductor
Katherine Chan, Conductor

Nigeria/England
“Joyful Day” from African Suite Fela Sowande
(1905–1987)
 Hungary/Romania
Romanian Folk Dances Béla Bartók
(1881–1945)
arr. Willner
Australia/France
Gymnopédies Nos. 2 & 3 Peggy Glanville-Hicks
(1912–1990)
Katherine Chan, conductor
US/India
Teen Murti (“Three Statues”) Reena Esmail
(b. 1983)
US/Uganda
Ennanga William Grant Still
(1881–1945)
Charles Overton, harp
Germany/Italy
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685–1750)
Allegro
Affettuoso
Allegro
Lisa Hennessey, flute
Dongsok Shin, harpsichord
Greg Vitale, violin

RUN TIME

Common Ground will run approximately one hour and twenty minutes with no intermission.

BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA

Christopher Wilkins smiles. He is wearing a button-up shirt.CHRISTOPHER WILKINS was appointed Music Director of the Boston Landmarks Orchestra in the spring of 2011. Since then, he has expanded the orchestra’s mission of making great music accessible to the whole community. He has also helped develop the orchestra’s Breaking Down Barriers initiative, making accessibility a priority in all aspects of the orchestra’s activities.

Mr. Wilkins also serves as Music Director of the Akron Symphony. As a guest conductor, Mr. Wilkins has appeared with many of the leading orchestras of the United States, including those of Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. Previously, Mr. Wilkins served as Music Director of the Orlando Philharmonic, the San Antonio Symphony, and the Colorado Springs Symphony.

He has served as associate conductor of the Utah Symphony, assisting Joseph Silverstein; assistant conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra under Christoph von Dohnányi; conducting assistant with the Oregon Symphony under James DePreist; and was a conducting fellow at Tanglewood. He was winner of the Seaver/NEA Award in 1992.

Born in Boston, Mr. Wilkins earned his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College in 1978. He received his master of music degree at Yale University in 1981, and in 1979 attended the Hochschule der Künste in West Berlin as a recipient of the John Knowles Paine traveling fellowship. As an oboist, he performed with many ensembles in the Boston area, including the Berkshire Music Center Orchestra at Tanglewood, and the Boston Philharmonic under Benjamin Zander.

Lisa Hennessy, violin
Charles Overton, harp
Dongsok Shin, harpsichord
Gregory Vitale, violin

 

Violin I

Greg Vitale, CONCERTMASTER

Christine Vitale

Heidi Braun-Hill

Colin Davis

Yumi Okada

Lisa Brooke

 

Violin II

Paula Oakes, PRINCIPAL 

Rose Drucker

Stacey Alden

Robert Curtis

 

Viola

Kenneth Stalberg, PRINCIPAL 

Abigail Cross

Ashleigh Gordon

Donna Jerome

Don Krishnaswami

Cello

Aron Zelkowicz, PRINCIPAL 

Miriam Eckelhoefer

Jolene Kessler

 

Bass

Robert Lynam, PRINCIPAL 

John Shiu

 

Harp

Ina Zdorovetchi

 

Piano

Laura Villafranca

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